Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40983941›Full record

ArticleGenome biology2025

ScIsoX: a multidimensional framework for measuring isoform-level transcriptomic complexity in single cells.

Siyuan Wu, Ulf Schmitz

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Genome biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Siyuan WuComputational Biomedicine Lab, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
Ulf SchmitzComputational Biomedicine Lab, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia. ulf.schmitz@jcu.edu.au.

Funding

National Health and Medical Research Council 1196405Townsville University Hospital THHSSERTA_RPG05_2024Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre SF01124
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-cell isoform analysis enables high-resolution characterization of transcript expression, yet analytical frameworks to systematically measure transcriptomic complexity are lacking. Here, we introduce ScIsoX, a computational framework that integrates a novel hierarchical data structure, a suite of complexity metrics, and dedicated visualization tools for isoform-level analysis. ScIsoX supports systematic exploration of global and cell-type-specific isoform expression patterns arising from alternative splicing, revealing multidimensional complexity signatures across diverse datasets-insights often missed by conventional gene-level approaches. We demonstrate the utility of ScIsoX across multiple real-world single-cell isoform sequencing datasets, showcasing its potential as a general framework for transcriptomic complexity analysis.

Indexed as

Gene Expression ProfilingSingle-Cell AnalysisSoftwareTranscriptomeAlternative SplicingComputational BiologyHumansProtein IsoformsProtein IsoformsAlternative splicingIsoform analysisIsoform-resolved transcriptomicsSingle-cell isoform sequencing

Identifiers

PMID40983941
PMCPMC12455757

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.